If you love to snack, you may be healthier than you think! Research shows that small, frequent meals can help lower cholesterol. They can also help you lose weight and better manage your diabetes.

The trick is keeping each snack low-calorie – aim for 200 calories – which will satisfy you without overloading your belly. Add in your snacks when counting up your daily allotment of calories. If you really like to snack, consider trimming your main meals, so you can increase the frequency of snacks to five or six per day.

Here are four snacks (each totaling 200 calories) recommended by the American Diabetes Association: